Field of Waterloo.

Etching and engraving; printed from two copperplates (67 x 126,5 cm) on two sheets of paper, joined; with hand-coloured details (tear on folding, sl. toned esp. where the sheets are joined).

Map of the Battle of Waterloo depicting the area from Waterloo Church to the "Ferme du Caillou", where Napoleon's last headquarters were installed the evening before the confrontation on 18 June 1815. The battle that marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), resulted in an Allied victory. Based upon a trigonometrical survey by S. Wharton, who is also renowned for a set of twelve prints of the same battlefield produced by R. Reeve. The title is included in a funerary urn, draped with wreaths and against which are laid flags and pieces of armour, all to commemorate the victims of the battle.
Ref. RCIN 735187. - National Army Museum 1988-08-34.